The Son Of Monte Cristo Part 44 (1/2)
”I have received the royal promise, and to-day Talizac will have his commission, and also the order of Saint-Louis”
This was an iereues, and from that moment the monarchist--the Marquis de Montferrand--felt that Talizac, a captain in the King's Guard, could do no evil
”Forgive a e nu, and as soon as the officer of His Majesty's household hands to my son the coe of the Legion of Honor, Monsieur de Fongereues will officially announce the e of his son to Mademoiselle Salves I rely on your aid, Monsieur de Montferrand”
”Ah! Madame,” cried the old Marquis, ”you are excessively clever, and you are an angel!”
She smiled
”Arthur will come with you, I am sure, so that no cloud shall remain in our sky”
”Certainly, Madame, my son will come Captain of the Guards--Chevalier de Saint-Louis Zounds! that is a good deal for one day!”
”To-night, then, I shall see you, Marquis!” said Magdalena, as she rose from her chair
Montferrand raised her hands to his lips once ereues turned to his wife
”Is this true?” he asked
She shrugged her shoulders disdainfully, and left the room in silence
She went to her son's chamber
”It is all settled,” she said to him ”In a few hours you will have the twenty thousand francs you need to silence this scandal, and you will try to ”
As soon as his mother left the room, Frederic sent to the house at Belleville, by a trustynote:
”I will be with you at four o'clock--shall bring the sum required I desire that you shall leave me alone in the house with----you know”
CHAPTER xxxI
TRIUMPH
A triumph like this was, of course, to be celebrated by La Roulante and Robeccal after their own fashi+on They sat opposite each other at a table covered with bottles In the centre lay the bag of gold As they talked they played with it, ures
”We will buy a little place in the country, now,” said La Roulante, as she filled her glass
”Why does the girl sleep like this?” asked Robeccal
”Oh! it is a secret that I learned soirls sub, shi+vering sigh from above stairs
”Did you hear that?” asked Robeccal, in a startled tone
”It is nothing!” answered La Roulante, superciliously ”It is only the girl waking up at last!”